You too can catch a naughty State Rep https://amzn.to/2JyuKE2
Tough-on-crime state Rep. Monica Youngblood cried to police officers who arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving early Sunday that she always had been on their side, even bringing up that she had written bills to protect them.
As she told one officer: “So many people tell me that you guys treat people of color like [expletive] and I always stood up for you.”
Video of Youngblood’s encounter with Albuquerque police released Tuesday showed the lawmaker indignant and refusing to take a breath alcohol test after an officer handcuffed her following field sobriety tests at a DWI checkpoint.
In the criminal complaint filed against her, the officer wrote Youngblood smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes.
With Youngblood, 41, standing on a conservative, pro-law-enforcement record heading into an election year when she faces a Democratic challenger in her northwest Albuquerque district, the video is likely to only add to the mounting questions about the Republican legislator’s future in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
The video shows OfficerJoshua Montaño asking Youngblood out of her BMW sedan during the early morning checkpoint on Paseo del Norte and directing her to perform field sobriety tests.
She counted backward, walked a line and stood on one leg. Throughout, she complained of being cold and appeared to shiver (the officer said the temperature was in the upper 60s).
Youngblood said she had not been drinking that night but told the officer she had been in an argument with her boyfriend.
Montaño told her the tests were “not pass-or-fail tests” but meant to check for certain clues of intoxication.
“And you exhibited quite a bit of those clues,” he said.
The officer detained Youngblood despite her protests and she declined to take a breath test.
Under New Mexico’s “implied consent” law, drivers can be charged with aggravated DWI if they refuse to submit to a blood or breath test when police have reason to believe the driver may be under the influence.
But as Youngblood was detained, the Republican lawmaker proceeded to tout her support for police in the Legislature. The lawmaker specifically mentioned that she had sponsored reinstating the death penalty as a punishment for murdering law enforcement officers. Youngblood also has sponsored legislation that would stiffen the penalties for repeat drunken drivers and a bill that would not have allowed those arrested on suspicion of aggravated drunken driving to be released on their own recognizance, as she was after her arrest.
Youngblood at one point suggested she was being mistreated when the officer would not release her from handcuffs so she could wipe her face as she was crying.
“I think our officer was polite and professional,” said Detective Shaun Willoughby, president of the Albuquerque PoliceOfficers Association.
On Youngblood’s comments, he added: “It’s kind of disappointing, especially when you have an elected official who should know better.”
Willoughby said the organization takes no position, however, on whether she remains in the state House.
But the Republican candidate for attorney general, Michael Hendricks, issued a statement on Tuesday calling on Youngblood to resign.
“It must be very clear that it does not matter who you are, no one is above the law,” Hendricks said. “Although, everyone is entitled to due process, the fact that Representative Youngblood refused the breath test would intimate something to hide.”
And on Tuesday night, the chairwoman of the state Democratic Party urged Attorney GeneralHector Balderas to investigate whether Youngblood attempted to use her position as a legislator to influence police.
“Rep. Youngblood was elected to use her position to help her constituents, not put them in harms way and then attempt to get out of an arrest by citing her legislative actions,” Marg Elliston said in a statement.
Youngblood did not immediately respond to questions about whether she believed the police had treated her poorly, as she had suggested in the video, or whether it was appropriate for her to bring up her status as a legislator during the episode.
“I literally fight for you guys …,” she told Montaño at one point.
Montaño replied: “Well, that doesn’t make it OK to drink and drive.”
Youngblood was booked on one count of aggravated DWI for declining a breath test. She was released that day and is scheduled to face a judge for arraignment on June 13. If convicted, she faces a mandatory 48 hours in jail.

published:10 Jun 2018

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State of the City address

The State of the City Address - or State of the City Speech - is a speech customarily given once each year by the mayors of many cities in the United States and Canada, and commonly called as State of the City Address (SOCA) or State of the Municipality Address (SOMA) in the Philippines. Other international cities have also adopted the tradition; for example, the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg has delivered a State of the City Address since 2002. In Corning, New York the "State of the City Address" has been replaced by the "Status of the Administration Address" given by the City Manager who serves as the City's Chief Executive Officer rather than the Mayor.

The timing, venue and purpose of a State of the City Address can vary significantly depending on local history and practice. Most State of the City Addresses are held early in the calendar year, but some mayors deliver their address as late as December of each year. In many American and Canadian cities, by law or tradition, the State of the City Address is delivered to the city council of the city. Just as often, the presentation is given to - or even given at the invitation of - members of a local business organization or a prominent local charity. Either way, the Address is usually used to outline the mayor's legislative proposals and policy directions for the upcoming year.

Inhabited by indigenous peoples of the Americas for many centuries before European exploration, New Mexico was subsequently part of the Imperial Spanishviceroyalty of New Spain. Later, it was part of Mexico before becoming a U.S. territory and eventually a U.S. state. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics, including descendants of Spanish colonists who have lived in the area for more than 400 years. It also has the second-highest percentage of Native Americans after Alaska, and the fourth-highest total number of Native Americans after California, Oklahoma, and Arizona. The nations in the state consist of mostly Navajo, Pueblo, and Apache peoples. As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Hispanic and Native American influences, both of which are reflected in the state flag. The scarlet and gold colors of the New Mexico flag are taken from the royal standards of Spain, along with the ancient sun symbol of the Zia, a Pueblo-related tribe.

New Mexico wine

New Mexico has a long history of wine production in the United States. In 1629, Franciscan friar García de Zúñiga and a Capuchín monk named Antonio de Arteaga planted the first wine grapes in the Río Grande valley of southern New Mexico. Viticulture took hold in the valley, and by the year 1880, grapes were grown on over 3,000 acres (12km2), and wineries produced over 1,000,000 US gallons (3,800,000L) of wine. The editor of the Socorro bulletin predicted in 1880 that "We see in the present attention given to grape culture, an important and growing industry which, in a few years, will assume proportions of no ordinary nature."

The wine industry in New Mexico declined in the latter decades of the nineteenth century in part due to flooding of the Río Grande. Prohibition in the United States forced many wineries to close, while others remained operational providing sacramental wine to primarily Catholic as well as other Christianchurches. The modern New Mexico wine industry received significant support in 1978 when a government-sponsored study encouraged winegrowers to plant Frenchhybrid grape varieties.

New Mexico (film)

Plot

Abraham Lincoln himself comes to New Mexico to discuss living together in peace with Acoma, a feared and respective Indian chief. He presents the chief with a cane as a gift and symbol of their friendship.

Lt. Hunt is promoted due to his personal assistance to Lincoln in arranging the truce. Unhappily, a bigoted superior officer, Col. McComb, and the dastardly Judge Wilcox are opposed to any such treaty, and when Hunt states his objection, McComb has him placed under arrest alongside Acoma and a number of Indian braves, also breaking the cane.

Other members of the tribe break them out of jail, killing McComb and others in the process. Hunt takes command and cancels all travel in the region, angering a woman named Cherry who is planning a trip to Nevada. She arrogantly elects to leave anyway, as does Judge Wilcox, so a company of men led by Hunt goes along as escorts.

State Lawmaker Arrested for DUI Wanted Preferential Treatment

You too can catch a naughty State Rep https://amzn.to/2JyuKE2
Tough-on-crime state Rep. Monica Youngblood cried to police officers who arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving early Sunday that she always had been on their side, even bringing up that she had written bills to protect them.
As she told one officer: “So many people tell me that you guys treat people of color like [expletive] and I always stood up for you.”
Video of Youngblood’s encounter with Albuquerque police released Tuesday showed the lawmaker indignant and refusing to take a breath alcohol test after an officer handcuffed her following field sobriety tests at a DWI checkpoint.
In the criminal complaint filed against her, the officer wrote Youngblood smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes.
With Youngblood, 41, standing on a conservative, pro-law-enforcement record heading into an election year when she faces a Democratic challenger in her northwest Albuquerque district, the video is likely to only add to the mounting questions about the Republican legislator’s future in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
The video shows OfficerJoshua Montaño asking Youngblood out of her BMW sedan during the early morning checkpoint on Paseo del Norte and directing her to perform field sobriety tests.
She counted backward, walked a line and stood on one leg. Throughout, she complained of being cold and appeared to shiver (the officer said the temperature was in the upper 60s).
Youngblood said she had not been drinking that night but told the officer she had been in an argument with her boyfriend.
Montaño told her the tests were “not pass-or-fail tests” but meant to check for certain clues of intoxication.
“And you exhibited quite a bit of those clues,” he said.
The officer detained Youngblood despite her protests and she declined to take a breath test.
Under New Mexico’s “implied consent” law, drivers can be charged with aggravated DWI if they refuse to submit to a blood or breath test when police have reason to believe the driver may be under the influence.
But as Youngblood was detained, the Republican lawmaker proceeded to tout her support for police in the Legislature. The lawmaker specifically mentioned that she had sponsored reinstating the death penalty as a punishment for murdering law enforcement officers. Youngblood also has sponsored legislation that would stiffen the penalties for repeat drunken drivers and a bill that would not have allowed those arrested on suspicion of aggravated drunken driving to be released on their own recognizance, as she was after her arrest.
Youngblood at one point suggested she was being mistreated when the officer would not release her from handcuffs so she could wipe her face as she was crying.
“I think our officer was polite and professional,” said Detective Shaun Willoughby, president of the Albuquerque PoliceOfficers Association.
On Youngblood’s comments, he added: “It’s kind of disappointing, especially when you have an elected official who should know better.”
Willoughby said the organization takes no position, however, on whether she remains in the state House.
But the Republican candidate for attorney general, Michael Hendricks, issued a statement on Tuesday calling on Youngblood to resign.
“It must be very clear that it does not matter who you are, no one is above the law,” Hendricks said. “Although, everyone is entitled to due process, the fact that Representative Youngblood refused the breath test would intimate something to hide.”
And on Tuesday night, the chairwoman of the state Democratic Party urged Attorney GeneralHector Balderas to investigate whether Youngblood attempted to use her position as a legislator to influence police.
“Rep. Youngblood was elected to use her position to help her constituents, not put them in harms way and then attempt to get out of an arrest by citing her legislative actions,” Marg Elliston said in a statement.
Youngblood did not immediately respond to questions about whether she believed the police had treated her poorly, as she had suggested in the video, or whether it was appropriate for her to bring up her status as a legislator during the episode.
“I literally fight for you guys …,” she told Montaño at one point.
Montaño replied: “Well, that doesn’t make it OK to drink and drive.”
Youngblood was booked on one count of aggravated DWI for declining a breath test. She was released that day and is scheduled to face a judge for arraignment on June 13. If convicted, she faces a mandatory 48 hours in jail.

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Welcome to Albuquerque NM - Yes, New Mexico is a state...

Welcome to Albuquerque NM - Yes, New Mexico is a state...

Welcome to Albuquerque NM - Yes, New Mexico is a state...

I recently moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. This video is to let my family, friends and foe know where to find me.

2017 State Track 300m hurdles. Albuquerque NM

District Attorney asks state for millions to stop Albuquerque crime

New plan calls for hiring 80 attorneys and focusing on most dangerous criminals.
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Voices for Europe: Maria Luís Albuquerque, Minister of State and Finance, Portugal

Voices for Europe: Maria Luís Albuquerque, Minister of State and Finance, Portugal

Voices for Europe: Maria Luís Albuquerque, Minister of State and Finance, Portugal

tigerwalking: the state of Albuquerque's water supply - not

A thought abouut Albuquerque's water supply during an evening Tigerwalk. Recorded on my iPhone - Captured Live on a RECESS tigerwalk
*DISCLAIMER* - Please don't take anything you see here at face value, and don't replicate it. Think about the media you are consuming; this and otherwise. This video is part of a conceptual art piece. Don't believe everything you see online. What you see here is as simulated as any other survival show. Being prepared is about forward thinking, carefully analyzing the present situation, and making sound, informed decisions. Don't let your mind get lazy just because you are watching youtube.

State Lawmaker Arrested for DUI Wanted Preferential Treatment

You too can catch a naughty State Rep https://amzn.to/2JyuKE2
Tough-on-crime state Rep. Monica Youngblood cried to police officers who arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving early Sunday that she always had been on their side, even bringing up that she had written bills to protect them.
As she told one officer: “So many people tell me that you guys treat people of color like [expletive] and I always stood up for you.”
Video of Youngblood’s encounter with Albuquerque police released Tuesday showed the lawmaker indignant and refusing to take a breath alcohol test after an officer handcuffed her following field sobriety tests at a DWI checkpoint.
In the criminal complaint filed against her, the officer wrote Youngblood smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes.
With Youngbl...

published: 10 Jun 2018

Welcome to Albuquerque NM - Yes, New Mexico is a state...

I recently moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. This video is to let my family, friends and foe know where to find me.

State of the City - Visions for Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque - State of the City Address

2017 State Track 300m hurdles. Albuquerque NM

published: 10 Jul 2017

District Attorney asks state for millions to stop Albuquerque crime

New plan calls for hiring 80 attorneys and focusing on most dangerous criminals.
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published: 28 Sep 2017

Voices for Europe: Maria Luís Albuquerque, Minister of State and Finance, Portugal

tigerwalking: the state of Albuquerque's water supply - not

A thought abouut Albuquerque's water supply during an evening Tigerwalk. Recorded on my iPhone - Captured Live on a RECESS tigerwalk
*DISCLAIMER* - Please don't take anything you see here at face value, and don't replicate it. Think about the media you are consuming; this and otherwise. This video is part of a conceptual art piece. Don't believe everything you see online. What you see here is as simulated as any other survival show. Being prepared is about forward thinking, carefully analyzing the present situation, and making sound, informed decisions. Don't let your mind get lazy just because you are watching youtube.

You too can catch a naughty State Rep https://amzn.to/2JyuKE2
Tough-on-crime state Rep. Monica Youngblood cried to police officers who arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving early Sunday that she always had been on their side, even bringing up that she had written bills to protect them.
As she told one officer: “So many people tell me that you guys treat people of color like [expletive] and I always stood up for you.”
Video of Youngblood’s encounter with Albuquerque police released Tuesday showed the lawmaker indignant and refusing to take a breath alcohol test after an officer handcuffed her following field sobriety tests at a DWI checkpoint.
In the criminal complaint filed against her, the officer wrote Youngblood smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes.
With Youngblood, 41, standing on a conservative, pro-law-enforcement record heading into an election year when she faces a Democratic challenger in her northwest Albuquerque district, the video is likely to only add to the mounting questions about the Republican legislator’s future in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
The video shows OfficerJoshua Montaño asking Youngblood out of her BMW sedan during the early morning checkpoint on Paseo del Norte and directing her to perform field sobriety tests.
She counted backward, walked a line and stood on one leg. Throughout, she complained of being cold and appeared to shiver (the officer said the temperature was in the upper 60s).
Youngblood said she had not been drinking that night but told the officer she had been in an argument with her boyfriend.
Montaño told her the tests were “not pass-or-fail tests” but meant to check for certain clues of intoxication.
“And you exhibited quite a bit of those clues,” he said.
The officer detained Youngblood despite her protests and she declined to take a breath test.
Under New Mexico’s “implied consent” law, drivers can be charged with aggravated DWI if they refuse to submit to a blood or breath test when police have reason to believe the driver may be under the influence.
But as Youngblood was detained, the Republican lawmaker proceeded to tout her support for police in the Legislature. The lawmaker specifically mentioned that she had sponsored reinstating the death penalty as a punishment for murdering law enforcement officers. Youngblood also has sponsored legislation that would stiffen the penalties for repeat drunken drivers and a bill that would not have allowed those arrested on suspicion of aggravated drunken driving to be released on their own recognizance, as she was after her arrest.
Youngblood at one point suggested she was being mistreated when the officer would not release her from handcuffs so she could wipe her face as she was crying.
“I think our officer was polite and professional,” said Detective Shaun Willoughby, president of the Albuquerque PoliceOfficers Association.
On Youngblood’s comments, he added: “It’s kind of disappointing, especially when you have an elected official who should know better.”
Willoughby said the organization takes no position, however, on whether she remains in the state House.
But the Republican candidate for attorney general, Michael Hendricks, issued a statement on Tuesday calling on Youngblood to resign.
“It must be very clear that it does not matter who you are, no one is above the law,” Hendricks said. “Although, everyone is entitled to due process, the fact that Representative Youngblood refused the breath test would intimate something to hide.”
And on Tuesday night, the chairwoman of the state Democratic Party urged Attorney GeneralHector Balderas to investigate whether Youngblood attempted to use her position as a legislator to influence police.
“Rep. Youngblood was elected to use her position to help her constituents, not put them in harms way and then attempt to get out of an arrest by citing her legislative actions,” Marg Elliston said in a statement.
Youngblood did not immediately respond to questions about whether she believed the police had treated her poorly, as she had suggested in the video, or whether it was appropriate for her to bring up her status as a legislator during the episode.
“I literally fight for you guys …,” she told Montaño at one point.
Montaño replied: “Well, that doesn’t make it OK to drink and drive.”
Youngblood was booked on one count of aggravated DWI for declining a breath test. She was released that day and is scheduled to face a judge for arraignment on June 13. If convicted, she faces a mandatory 48 hours in jail.

You too can catch a naughty State Rep https://amzn.to/2JyuKE2
Tough-on-crime state Rep. Monica Youngblood cried to police officers who arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving early Sunday that she always had been on their side, even bringing up that she had written bills to protect them.
As she told one officer: “So many people tell me that you guys treat people of color like [expletive] and I always stood up for you.”
Video of Youngblood’s encounter with Albuquerque police released Tuesday showed the lawmaker indignant and refusing to take a breath alcohol test after an officer handcuffed her following field sobriety tests at a DWI checkpoint.
In the criminal complaint filed against her, the officer wrote Youngblood smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes.
With Youngblood, 41, standing on a conservative, pro-law-enforcement record heading into an election year when she faces a Democratic challenger in her northwest Albuquerque district, the video is likely to only add to the mounting questions about the Republican legislator’s future in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
The video shows OfficerJoshua Montaño asking Youngblood out of her BMW sedan during the early morning checkpoint on Paseo del Norte and directing her to perform field sobriety tests.
She counted backward, walked a line and stood on one leg. Throughout, she complained of being cold and appeared to shiver (the officer said the temperature was in the upper 60s).
Youngblood said she had not been drinking that night but told the officer she had been in an argument with her boyfriend.
Montaño told her the tests were “not pass-or-fail tests” but meant to check for certain clues of intoxication.
“And you exhibited quite a bit of those clues,” he said.
The officer detained Youngblood despite her protests and she declined to take a breath test.
Under New Mexico’s “implied consent” law, drivers can be charged with aggravated DWI if they refuse to submit to a blood or breath test when police have reason to believe the driver may be under the influence.
But as Youngblood was detained, the Republican lawmaker proceeded to tout her support for police in the Legislature. The lawmaker specifically mentioned that she had sponsored reinstating the death penalty as a punishment for murdering law enforcement officers. Youngblood also has sponsored legislation that would stiffen the penalties for repeat drunken drivers and a bill that would not have allowed those arrested on suspicion of aggravated drunken driving to be released on their own recognizance, as she was after her arrest.
Youngblood at one point suggested she was being mistreated when the officer would not release her from handcuffs so she could wipe her face as she was crying.
“I think our officer was polite and professional,” said Detective Shaun Willoughby, president of the Albuquerque PoliceOfficers Association.
On Youngblood’s comments, he added: “It’s kind of disappointing, especially when you have an elected official who should know better.”
Willoughby said the organization takes no position, however, on whether she remains in the state House.
But the Republican candidate for attorney general, Michael Hendricks, issued a statement on Tuesday calling on Youngblood to resign.
“It must be very clear that it does not matter who you are, no one is above the law,” Hendricks said. “Although, everyone is entitled to due process, the fact that Representative Youngblood refused the breath test would intimate something to hide.”
And on Tuesday night, the chairwoman of the state Democratic Party urged Attorney GeneralHector Balderas to investigate whether Youngblood attempted to use her position as a legislator to influence police.
“Rep. Youngblood was elected to use her position to help her constituents, not put them in harms way and then attempt to get out of an arrest by citing her legislative actions,” Marg Elliston said in a statement.
Youngblood did not immediately respond to questions about whether she believed the police had treated her poorly, as she had suggested in the video, or whether it was appropriate for her to bring up her status as a legislator during the episode.
“I literally fight for you guys …,” she told Montaño at one point.
Montaño replied: “Well, that doesn’t make it OK to drink and drive.”
Youngblood was booked on one count of aggravated DWI for declining a breath test. She was released that day and is scheduled to face a judge for arraignment on June 13. If convicted, she faces a mandatory 48 hours in jail.

District Attorney asks state for millions to stop Albuquerque crime

New plan calls for hiring 80 attorneys and focusing on most dangerous criminals.
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New plan calls for hiring 80 attorneys and focusing on most dangerous criminals.
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New plan calls for hiring 80 attorneys and focusing on most dangerous criminals.
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A thought abouut Albuquerque's water supply during an evening Tigerwalk. Recorded on my iPhone - Captured Live on a RECESS tigerwalk
*DISCLAIMER* - Please don't take anything you see here at face value, and don't replicate it. Think about the media you are consuming; this and otherwise. This video is part of a conceptual art piece. Don't believe everything you see online. What you see here is as simulated as any other survival show. Being prepared is about forward thinking, carefully analyzing the present situation, and making sound, informed decisions. Don't let your mind get lazy just because you are watching youtube.

A thought abouut Albuquerque's water supply during an evening Tigerwalk. Recorded on my iPhone - Captured Live on a RECESS tigerwalk
*DISCLAIMER* - Please don't take anything you see here at face value, and don't replicate it. Think about the media you are consuming; this and otherwise. This video is part of a conceptual art piece. Don't believe everything you see online. What you see here is as simulated as any other survival show. Being prepared is about forward thinking, carefully analyzing the present situation, and making sound, informed decisions. Don't let your mind get lazy just because you are watching youtube.

State Lawmaker Arrested for DUI Wanted Preferential Treatment

You too can catch a naughty State Rep https://amzn.to/2JyuKE2
Tough-on-crime state Rep. Monica Youngblood cried to police officers who arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving early Sunday that she always had been on their side, even bringing up that she had written bills to protect them.
As she told one officer: “So many people tell me that you guys treat people of color like [expletive] and I always stood up for you.”
Video of Youngblood’s encounter with Albuquerque police released Tuesday showed the lawmaker indignant and refusing to take a breath alcohol test after an officer handcuffed her following field sobriety tests at a DWI checkpoint.
In the criminal complaint filed against her, the officer wrote Youngblood smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes.
With Youngblood, 41, standing on a conservative, pro-law-enforcement record heading into an election year when she faces a Democratic challenger in her northwest Albuquerque district, the video is likely to only add to the mounting questions about the Republican legislator’s future in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
The video shows OfficerJoshua Montaño asking Youngblood out of her BMW sedan during the early morning checkpoint on Paseo del Norte and directing her to perform field sobriety tests.
She counted backward, walked a line and stood on one leg. Throughout, she complained of being cold and appeared to shiver (the officer said the temperature was in the upper 60s).
Youngblood said she had not been drinking that night but told the officer she had been in an argument with her boyfriend.
Montaño told her the tests were “not pass-or-fail tests” but meant to check for certain clues of intoxication.
“And you exhibited quite a bit of those clues,” he said.
The officer detained Youngblood despite her protests and she declined to take a breath test.
Under New Mexico’s “implied consent” law, drivers can be charged with aggravated DWI if they refuse to submit to a blood or breath test when police have reason to believe the driver may be under the influence.
But as Youngblood was detained, the Republican lawmaker proceeded to tout her support for police in the Legislature. The lawmaker specifically mentioned that she had sponsored reinstating the death penalty as a punishment for murdering law enforcement officers. Youngblood also has sponsored legislation that would stiffen the penalties for repeat drunken drivers and a bill that would not have allowed those arrested on suspicion of aggravated drunken driving to be released on their own recognizance, as she was after her arrest.
Youngblood at one point suggested she was being mistreated when the officer would not release her from handcuffs so she could wipe her face as she was crying.
“I think our officer was polite and professional,” said Detective Shaun Willoughby, president of the Albuquerque PoliceOfficers Association.
On Youngblood’s comments, he added: “It’s kind of disappointing, especially when you have an elected official who should know better.”
Willoughby said the organization takes no position, however, on whether she remains in the state House.
But the Republican candidate for attorney general, Michael Hendricks, issued a statement on Tuesday calling on Youngblood to resign.
“It must be very clear that it does not matter who you are, no one is above the law,” Hendricks said. “Although, everyone is entitled to due process, the fact that Representative Youngblood refused the breath test would intimate something to hide.”
And on Tuesday night, the chairwoman of the state Democratic Party urged Attorney GeneralHector Balderas to investigate whether Youngblood attempted to use her position as a legislator to influence police.
“Rep. Youngblood was elected to use her position to help her constituents, not put them in harms way and then attempt to get out of an arrest by citing her legislative actions,” Marg Elliston said in a statement.
Youngblood did not immediately respond to questions about whether she believed the police had treated her poorly, as she had suggested in the video, or whether it was appropriate for her to bring up her status as a legislator during the episode.
“I literally fight for you guys …,” she told Montaño at one point.
Montaño replied: “Well, that doesn’t make it OK to drink and drive.”
Youngblood was booked on one count of aggravated DWI for declining a breath test. She was released that day and is scheduled to face a judge for arraignment on June 13. If convicted, she faces a mandatory 48 hours in jail.

District Attorney asks state for millions to stop Albuquerque crime

New plan calls for hiring 80 attorneys and focusing on most dangerous criminals.
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tigerwalking: the state of Albuquerque's water supply - not

A thought abouut Albuquerque's water supply during an evening Tigerwalk. Recorded on my iPhone - Captured Live on a RECESS tigerwalk
*DISCLAIMER* - Please don't take anything you see here at face value, and don't replicate it. Think about the media you are consuming; this and otherwise. This video is part of a conceptual art piece. Don't believe everything you see online. What you see here is as simulated as any other survival show. Being prepared is about forward thinking, carefully analyzing the present situation, and making sound, informed decisions. Don't let your mind get lazy just because you are watching youtube.

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 16, 2019--The Walgreens Flu Index™ is a weekly report developed to provide state- and market-specific information regarding flu activity, and ranks those states and markets experiencing the highest incidences of influenza across the country ...Albuquerque-Santa Fe, N.M....

MichelleLujan Grisham's first State of the State address (all times local). ... Michelle Lujan Grisham says lifting the state's cap on incentives for the film industry could result in more productions in other parts of the state. In her State of the State address, the Democrat pointed to the flurry of activity in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas....

MichelleLujan Grisham's first State of the State address (all times local). ... Michelle Lujan Grisham says lifting the state's cap on incentives for the film industry could result in more productions in other parts of the state. In her State of the State address, the Democrat pointed to the flurry of activity in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas....

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DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 16, 2019--The Walgreens Flu Index™ is a weekly report developed to provide state- and market-specific information regarding flu activity, and ranks those states and markets experiencing the highest incidences of influenza across the country ...Albuquerque-Santa Fe, N.M....

MichelleLujan Grisham's first State of the State address (all times local). ... Michelle Lujan Grisham says lifting the state's cap on incentives for the film industry could result in more productions in other parts of the state. In her State of the State address, the Democrat pointed to the flurry of activity in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas....

MichelleLujan Grisham's first State of the State address (all times local). ... Michelle Lujan Grisham says lifting the state's cap on incentives for the film industry could result in more productions in other parts of the state. In her State of the State address, the Democrat pointed to the flurry of activity in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas....

MichelleLujan Grisham's first State of the State address (all times local). ... Townsend says if the proposals are adopted and the state takes money from its permanent land fund, borrowing costs will skyrocket ... In her State of the State address, the Democrat pointed to the flurry of activity in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas....

MichelleLujan Grisham's first State of the State address (all times local). ... Townsend says if the spending proposals are adopted and the state takes funds from its permanent land fund, the state's borrowing cost will skyrocket ... In her State of the State address, the Democrat pointed to the flurry of activity in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas....

The eyes of this state are upon us ... The flurry of film activity in Santa Fe and Albuquerque can and will spread all over this state, and when we lift the rebate cap the industry in our state will be broader, including our pueblos and tribes, our rural communities, workers up and down the economic spectrum....